Collapsible protecting device for closet-seats.



PATENTED DEG. 29,-1903.

. I. FRANKBN. OOLLAPSIBL'E PROTECTING DEVICE FOR CLOSET SEATS APPLICATION FILED OUT. 3. 1902.

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VV/TNES SE8 IIYVEN T01? No. 747,960. PATENTED DEC. 29, 1903.

I. FRANKEN. GOLLAPSIBLE PROTECTING DEVICE FOR CLOSET $EATS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 3, 1902.

N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

IN vs/v ran WI r5155 $5 I I w Protecting Devices for Closet-Seats, of which I the following is a specification.

who through traveling or other causes are compelled to make frequent use of public collapsed or folded; Fig. shows a plan of 6 shows this arrangement collapsed or folded.

for the purpose of illustration.

' like. The manner in which this'reciprocal telescoping is accom overlaps the next following one, so that these the inner rim form the mutual guide of the To all whom it may concern:

of the German Em peror,-residingat Frankforton-the-Main, Germany, have invented certain Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical section taken on the NIH ,1

I ean FRANKEN, or FRANKFoRToN-TH -MAIN, GERMANY.

COLLAPSBLE PRQTECTING DEVICE F GLfiEETy-EATS.

' sencrmcarrotr forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,960, dated December as, recs.

Application flied 0mm 3,1902. seen Be it known that I, ISAK FRANKEN, a subject new and useful Improvements in Collapsible This invention relates to" a collapsible projtecting device for closet-seats which meets a hygienic want, especially for those persons closets.

On the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows a plan of one arrangement of the device; Fig.

2, a vertical section taken on the line A A,

line B B, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows the device a modified arrangement of the device. Fig.

As will be seen from Figs. 1 to 3, the protectingdevice, which is simply laid on the closet-seat,- consists of any desired number of segments b c 01 cf g, etc; In the form shown in the drawings six segments have been taken The characteristic feature of these segments is that they are reotangularly flanged toward the inside and overlap at the sides. The various seg-. ments b c d e f 9 must be so arranged that when removed from thelifting-seat at their position toward one another canbe changed in such a way that they will cover each other in order to bring them into such a small space as will admit of their being conveniently carried in some sort of" cover-say a case or such plished may take several different forms.

- In Figs. 1 to 3 the outer rim hof thesegments b c d e f g is flanged Mild each .5 1.119111;

segments may he teles'coped, as shown in Fig. 4. In doing this the flanging h on the outer rim and the rectangular hanging on is then placed on. the seat a,

material.

ments in the manner above describedso. 25|842. (lilo model.)

several segments and keep them fromt'alling asunder.

The method. of using the protecting device is as follows: To place the device on the seat a, the segments .0 dc f g are drawn out from the segment'b so far that one end of the segm-ent b may be; placed into one end of the segmentg. The protectingdevicesoadjusted ands perfectly hygienic protection is thus obtained'when it is required to use the closet; After being used the device is removed from the seat and cleansed in any suitable manner. To enable the device to be easily cleansed, it is preferably made of celluloid or other impermeable By niaking the devicein telescopic segit may c5 be readily adjusted to any size of opening in the close -seat. a A

In Figs. 5 and .6 a modi ed arrangement oil the device consisting of a series of segments b .c d e f g is shown. The segments bgand d' e'are connected by the joints 13,while the'segments 0 and f are connected to the segments b, d, e, and g by flexible bands or strips Z,

which are fastened by means of a rivet, screw, or the like 70. The flexible hands or strips 1 and the joints i admit of the segments h c d e f g being slid over one another,'as shown at Fig. 6.

Figs. 4 and 6 show the shape assumed by the two forms of the de or folded. Thearrangem-ent in Fig. 4 is long and narrow, while that in Fig. 6 is short and broad. 3' r In place of collapsing or folding the device,

above described,'other methods maybe 8 adopted without departing from the inven tion. What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United Stes, is

A protecting-cover for water-closet seats composed of a series of segmental piecesarranged with" their ends overlapping and a 1. adapted tohe collapsed on one another.

2. Aprcteeting-cover for water-closet seats vice when'ccllapsed 8c composed of a series of segmental pieces arsegmental pieces being adapted tobfe collo ranged with their ends overlapping and their lapsed on one another to close the cover or edges engaging and adapted to be collapsed adjust its size.

on one another. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 3. A-protecting-ooverfor water-closet seats my hand in the presence of two witnesses. composed of a seriesof segmental pieces ar- ISAK FRANKEN. ranged with their ends overlapping and hav Witnesses: ing theirinner-edges formed with downturned ERICH RUHNE, flanges and their outer edges engaging, said J EAN GRUND. 

